The breath figure method is a versatile and facile approach of generating ordered micro and nanoporous structures in polymeric materials. When a polymer solution (dissolved in a high vapor pressure organic solvent) is evaporated out in the presence...

The goal of this research is to study the neutralization of sulfuric acid by engine oils, and more specifically study how the presence of different oil additives affects the acid-neutralizing performance of engine oils by using capillary...

By the age of 35, Black Men who have Sex with Men (MSM’s) have a one in two chance of HIV infection. Black MSM’s, which represent less than one percent of the US population, is home to nearly a quarter of existing HIV cases, AIDS deaths as well as...

This thesis examines the Euler equations of gas dynamics and develops a new adaption indicator, which is based on the weak local residual measured for the non- conservative pressure variable. We demonstrate that the proposed indicator is capable of...

The goal of this research is to investigate computational and experimental techniques to effectively analyze microscale fluid dynamics, transport, and mixing of an analyte-antibody system. This work is applicable to the development of an in-plane,...

Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bp) is a major public health concern in the endemic regions of southeast Asia and northern Australia, yet the organism has a worldwide distribution and cases are likely under-reported. In northeast Thailand the mortality...

While "philosophical counseling" emerged in the 1980's as a new form of caretaking practice, it can be understood as an attempt to re-embrace a tradition that goes back to the ancients, with their conception of philosophy as a "way of life." This...

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This thesis considers how Martin Heidegger treats “wonder” (thaumazein) in Plato and Aristotle versus how it appears to be treated by them. The introduction outlines how the problem of wonder arises when Heidegger mentions particular instances from...

he focus of this research has been devoted to study the interaction between two or more self-propelled toroidal swimmers in Stokes flow by applying the method of regularized Stokeslets and also study the effect of a nearby wall to the movement of a...